Overview#

Header refers to supplemental data placed at the beginning of a block or a packet or a Datagram of Data At Rest or Data In Transit.

In data Communication, the data following the Header are sometimes called the payload or body.

More Information#

There might be more information for this subject on one of the following:

• Bitcoin block
• JOSE Header
• Lucky 13
• Packet switching

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• [#1] - Header_(computing) - based on information obtained 2018-03-25-